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thirty specimens. The restoration of this species after having 
escaped the notice of zoologists for thirty-five years is particularly 
interesting, in the light of what has been written about it as a valid 
species, and has a deep significance. 
Neotoma micropus canescens Allen (Pallid Wood Rat) is a new 
subspecies from Indian Territory. 
The Northwest Coast form of the bushy-tailed wood rat is sepa- 
rated from WV. cinerea with the name eofoma cinerea occidentalis 
(Baird). 
The Texan Cotton Rat is assigned to Sigmodon hispidus texianus 
(Aud. & Bach). Oryzomys aquaticus Allen is a new species from 
Brownsville, Texas. 
The type specimen of Hesperomys indianus Wied. was found on 
examination to be simply a common house mouse ( A/us musculus 
Linn). : 
The white footed mouse is treated of at some length with the 
result that the generic name Hesperomys is no longer available and 
the specific name /eucopus is found to be antedated by americanus 
Kerr. The species now stands as Vesferimus americanus (Kerr). 
Three new species are described under this genus, viz: V. difficilis, 
(Mexico), V. nasatus (Colorado), and V. mearnsii (Texas). 
Observations and critical remarks are given on Vesperimus amer- 
icanus sonoriensis (Leconte), V. a. nebracensis (Mearns), V. a. 
texanus (Woodhouse), and V. a. rufinus (Merriam), also Scturus 
hudsonius californicus Allen, Lepus cinerascens Allen and Spilogale 
indianola Merriam. 
Felis eyra Desm. is recorded from Texas for the first time. 
W. E. B. 
Nouvelle Correspondance Botanique.—Liste des Botanistes de tous 
les Pays, et des Etablissements, Sociétés et Journeaux de Botanique: 
W. ENGELMAN, Leipzig; Librarie Internationale, Paris, 1891.— 
The American editor, if there was one, of this publication, has 
- reason to think it a remarkable production. The list of botanists 
of the eastern United States includes many names which have the 
charm of novelty to most of us, and by way of compensation 
leaves out a host of others, with which we are more or less familiar. 
The errors and misstatements in regard to botanical names ad- 
mitted are also numerous and occasionally amusing. We are glad 
glad to hear that Dr. A. W. Chapman is “ Florist of the Southern 
